Bible Reading Plan – Day 203

₁“Mawoo kubo abelusi abatshabalalisa imihlambi yedlelo lam!” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. ₂Utsho ke ngoko uNdikhoyo onguThixo kaSirayeli kwabo belusi ukuthi: “Ngenxa yokuba imihlambi yam niyichithe nayithi saa, anayikhathalela, ndiza kunohlwaya ngenxa yobubi enibenzileyo.” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. ₃“Amasalela omhlambi wam ndiya kuwaqokelela emazweni onke endawachitha-chithela kuwo, ndiwabuyisele edlelweni lawo, aqhame ande. ₄Abantu bam ndiza kubanika abelusi abaza kubalondoloza. Abayi kube babe naxhala nalunxunguphalo, kungayi kube sabakho bani ulahlekayo kwakhona.” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.

₅“Iyeza imihla,” lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo, “yokuba uDavide ndimvelisele kumnombo wakhe ihlumelo elililungisa: ukumkani oya kuphatha ngobulumko, enze okulungileyo nobulungisa kulo mhlaba. ₆Ngemihla yakhe baya kuhlala bengabasindileyo abantu bakwaJuda, nakwaSirayeli bahlale bekhuselekile. Igama aya kubizwa ngalo lelithi: ‘UNdikhoyo ububulungisa bethu.’ ”

₇Ngoko ke nguwo lo umlomo kaNdikhoyo: “Niyabona, kuza imihla apho abantu bangayi kubuya bathi xa befunga: ‘Ekho nje uNdikhoyo owakhulula amaSirayeli eJiputa.’ ₈Ngaloo mihla baya kuthi: ‘Ekho nje uNdikhoyo owakhulula inzala yamaSirayeli kwilizwe langasentla nakuwo onke amazwe awabachitha-chitha kuwo, ukuze ahlale kwelakowawo ilizwe.’ ”

₉Nalu udaba malunga *nabashumayeli:

₁₆Utsho uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke ukuthi:

₂₅“Ndiyivile into ethethwa ngâbo bashumayeli bashumayela ubuxoki egameni lam. Bathi: ‘Ndiphuphe iphupha! Ndiphuphe iphupha!’ ₂₆Koda kube nini na iqhubeka le nto eyenziwa ngabashumayeli abashumayela ubuxoki, bevakalisa inkohliso yeengcinga zabo? ₂₇Bacinga ukuba la maphupha bawachazayo aya kwenza ukuba bandilibale abantu bam, baxele ooyise-mkhulu abândilibalayo banqula uBhali. ₂₈Umshumayeli ongumchazi-maphupha makatsho ukuba uchaza nje iphupha, kodwa lowo ushumayela evakalisa amazwi am makenjenjalo ngentembeko. Ufunani umququ engqoloweni?” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. ₂₉“Alinjengomlilo na ilizwi lam, lingenjengehamile na eyaphula ilitye lenyengane?” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.

₃₀Nguwo lo ke umlomo kaNdikhoyo: “Ndibachasile abo bashumayeli abeba omnye komnye amazwi angathi ngawam. ₃₁Ndibachasile kwanabo bashumayeli bashumayela ngobabo ubuciko, suka bathi: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo.’ ” ₃₂Nguwo lo umlomo kaNdikhoyo: “Niyabona, ndibachasile abo bashumayela ubuxoki bamaphupha abo. Bayawachaza, baze balahlekise abantu bam ngokuzigwagwisa kwabo. Abathunywanga ndim, yaye bengagunyaziswanga ndim. Futhi akukho nto konke babanceda ngayo aba bantu.” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.

₃₃“Xa aba bantu bekubuzayo, nokuba *ngumshumayeli nokuba ngumbingeleli, besithi: ‘Udaba olundilisekileyo *lukaNdikhoyo luthini?’ uze uthi: ‘Ungumthwalo wena kuNdikhoyo; ibe uza kukothula.’ ” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. ₃₄“Xa kukho umntu, nokuba ngumshumayeli, nokuba ngumbingeleli, othi xa ethetha: ‘Nalu udaba lukaNdikhoyo,’ loo mntu uya kohlwaywa kunye nentsapho yakhe.

₃₅“Nisoloko nibuza kubahlobo nakwizizalwane nisithi: ‘Impendulo kaNdikhoyo ithini? Uthini uNdikhoyo?’ ₃₆Kambe maningabi sawasebenzisa amazwi athi: ‘Nalu udaba olundilisekileyo lukaNdikhoyo,’ kuba ilizwi lomntu ngamnye losuka libe ludaba olundilisekileyo lukaNdikhoyo kuye, abe ewagqwetha amazwi kaThixo onguThixo wethu ophilayo, uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke. ₃₇Nibuza kubashumayeli nisithi: ‘Itheni impendulo kaNdikhoyo? Utheni uNdikhoyo?’ ₃₈Ukuba nithi: ‘Nalu udaba olundilisekileyo lukaNdikhoyo,’ ndibe mna bendithe ze ningabi sawathetha amazwi athi: ‘Nalu udaba lukaNdikhoyo,’ ₃₉ngako oko, niyabona, ndiza kunithatha ndiniphose kude lee kunye neso sixeko senu ndasinika ookhokho benu. ₄₀Ndonihlisela ihlazo elingenasiphelo nokuphoxeka okungasokuze kulibaleke.”

₁*UNdikhoyo wandibonisa iingobozi ezimbini zamakhiwane zibekwe ngaphambi kwendlu kaNdikhoyo. Le nto yehla emveni kokuba ukumkani uJekoniya unyana kaJoyakim, kunye neziphathamandla, namagcisa, nabasebenzi bentsimbi bakwaJuda, bathinjwayo ngukumkani uNebhukadenezare waseBhabheli, ebasusa eJerusalem, ebasa eBhabheli. ₂Enye ingobozi yayinamakhiwane amahle kunene, la avuthwa kuqala; enye inamakhiwane amabi kakhulu, angenakutyiwa.

₃*UNdikhoyo wathi kum: “Jeremiya, ubona ntoni na?”

Mna ndithe: “Ndibona amakhiwane. Amahle mahle gqitha; amabi mabi mpela – zizinto ezingenako nokutyiwa oku.”

₄Livakele lisithi ke kum ilizwi likaNdikhoyo: ₅“Utsho ke uNdikhoyo, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Abathinjwa bakwaJuda endabasusa kweli lizwe ndabasa kwelamaKaledi ndibafanisa nala makhiwane mahle. ₆Ndiya kuhlala ndibabonelela, ndibabuyisele kwalapha. Ndiya kubakha, ndingabachithi; ndiya kubamilisela, ndingabancothuli. ₇Ndobafaka intliziyo endiqondayo, bazi ukuba uNdikhoyo ndim. Baya kwandula ke ukuba ngabantu bam, mna ndibe nguThixo wabo, kuba kaloku bobuyela kum ngomxhelo wabo wonke.

₈“Kodwa yena ukumkani wakwaJuda uZedekiya neziphathamandla zakhe, namasalela eJerusalem, nokuba alapha okanye aseJiputa, bona ndibafanisa nala makhiwane mabi, angenako nokutyiwa oku.” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. ₉“Ndiya kubatsho babe nomdintsi nezothe kulo lonke ilizwe. Baya kuba zizinto ezisisingcikivo, ezilihlazo nentlekisa, babe sisiqalekiso naphi na apho ndibachitha-chithela khona. ₁₀Ndiza kubahlisela ikrele nendlala nobhubhani, bade baphele nya kweli lizwe ndalinika bona nooyise-mkhulu.”

₁Kunyaka wesine ukumkani uJoyakim, unyana kaJosiya, elawula kwaJuda, lavakala ilizwi kuJeremiya, livela *kuNdikhoyo, limayela nabantu bakwaJuda xa bebonke. Lo yayingunyaka wokuqala uNebhukadenezare elawula eBhabheli. ₂UJeremiya wathetha nabantu bakwaJuda nabemi baseJerusalem xa bebonke, wenjenje: ₃“Kwiminyaka engamashumi mabini anantathu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kususela kunyaka weshumi linantathu elawula ukumkani uJosiya unyana ka-Amon, ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lalisoloko lifika kum, ndibe nam ndiphindelela ukubhekisa kuni. Koko nina nisuke anahoya nto kwaphela. ₄Naxa ephindelela uNdikhoyo ukunithumela zonke izicaka zakhe ezingabashumayeli, nisuke nina aneva, analibekela indlebe ilizwi lakhe. ₅Abo bashumayeli babesithi: ‘Guqukani elowo kwimikhwa yakhe emibi, nakwizenzo zakhe ezimdaka, khon' ukuze niwuhlale ngonaphakade kanaphakade lo mhlaba wanikwa nina nooyihlo-mkhulu nguNdikhoyo.’ ₆Babesithi: ‘Ze ningalandeli thixo bambi, nibakhonze, niqubude kubo. Ze ningamcaphukisi uNdikhoyo ngezithixo enizenze ngezenu izandla, ukuze anganihliseli intlekele.’ ₇Nguwo lo umlomo kaNdikhoyo, uthi: ‘Nina anindiphulaphulanga, suka nandicaphukisa ngoothixo enibenze ngezandla zenu, naza nazibizela ububi.’

₈“Ngoko ke, utsho uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke ukuthi: ‘Niyabona, ngenxa yokuba ningafunanga kundiva, ₉ndinibizela izizwe zonke zangasentla, kunye nesicaka sam ukumkani uNebhukadenezare waseBhabheli.’ Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. ‘Ndibathumela kweli lizwe nabemi balo nazo zonke iintlanga ezilingqongileyo. Ndiza kunitshabalalisa kuphele tu, ndinenze nibe ngumbono ombi, into enezothe, kube linxuwa kuni ngonaphakade.’

₁₀“Ndoyiphelisa loo ntswahla yemigcobo nemincili yabo, lingabi savakala izwi lomyeni nelomtshakazi. Sophela isandi selitye lokuguba, izibane zabo zicime. ₁₁Liya kutsho libe yinkangala ngamanxuwa lonke ilizwe, zize ezi zizwe zibe zizicaka zokumkani waseBhabheli iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe.

₁₂“Emva kwaloo minyaka imashumi asixhenxe ke ukumkani waseBhabheli ndomohlwaya kunye nesizwe sakhe ngenxa yobugwenxa babo.” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. “Nelizwe lamaKaledi ndolenza libe yinkangala ngonaphakade. ₁₃Elo lizwe ndolihlisela zonke izinto endazithethayo – nditsho zonke ezibhaliweyo kuyo le ncwadi, ezo bezishunyayelwa nguJeremiya ngeentlanga zonke. ₁₄Kwa-amaBhabheli oba ngamakhoboka ezizwe ezininzi neekumkani ezinamandla. Ndiza kuwabuyekeza ngokwezenzo zawo nemisebenzi yawo.”